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Back on track!

Derailed by my birthday/Valentine's Day/Scotch tasting dinner/work stress/road trip to Tennessee, the last month has been a delightful exercise in gluttony, with only a smattering of guilt. Just about every cheat was worth it, except for the dark night I found myself eating a stale Kit Kat. It was gross, but I ate it anyway. I also ate at least a dozen peanut butter cookies that weren't that good, and a slice of chocolate-peanut butter pie that was sadly lacking in both chocolate and peanut butter flavor. I gained 4 pounds.

Now that I'm back home, with just ordinary amounts of stress, I'm gung-ho to climb back on top of this diet. I'm kicking off my return to primal eating with Meat Week! All meat, all week.

I started yesterday.

Saturday breakfast:
Bacon and eggs

Saturday lunch:
2 grass fed uncured hot dogs (no bun or condiments)

Saturday dinner:
Dry aged porterhouse

Sunday brunch:
Sausage and egg scramble

Sunday snack:
2 bites of pemmican

Sunday dinner:
Leftover porterhouse

I'm trying to kickstart my fat-burning by eating really low carb for at least 48-hours. (Achieved). I think I had ~30 g. carbs on Saturday (mainly from drinks - a bottle of kombucha (2 servings @ 7 g. carbs/serving) and a glass of red wine with dinner). Even fewer carbs today.

I'm trying for a whole week of only meat, but I'm not sure that that is possible, or even reasonable. It will be much more difficult to find meat-only options for lunch when I'm not working from home anymore.

I know that there is no real reason for a meat-only diet. The benefits come from eating low carb (under 50 grams), which easily can be achieved on a meat-and-vegetable rich Paleo diet. I just really like eating meat, and think a week of steak, chicken, bacon, eggs, turkey, pork, etc. would be awesome. Plus, I need to break this sugar craving.

My husband isn't so keen on Meat Week, though he also delights in carnivory. (I know carnivory was not a real word. I made it up, and now it exists). He eats what I prepare, but also supplements with condiments and vegetables.